Great Eclipse of 2017

That was pretty cool. Literally - the temperature dropped about eight degrees.

 

Haven't heard this many people so joyous in Carbondale since Chris Lowery's contract got paid off.

 

We had 87 percent coverage here and other than it getting darker outside and the temperature dropping, you couldn't tell what was going on without the glasses on. I have new appreciation for how bright the sun actually is.

 

Was that it?

 

As we are flipping stations on coverage, my God, Shep Smith is true entertainment for an event like this.

FOX News has a buffet of issues but Shep is so damn good at anchoring.

 

Did you think there was going to be juggling and elephants?

 

Assuming you were not using the sarcasm font, if you'd like to say more about that, I'd read it. Curious to see that from your point of view.

 

If you weren't in the area of totality, it was pretty much meh unless you had glasses. But it was cool to see it through the filter.

 

Mom and I sat in the backyard watching it from when the moon started covering the sun, just a little nibble, through the 100 percent totality. The eclipse was racing the clouds, and just as the moon started to move out of totality, the clouds overtook it. All around my neighborhood, whoops and cheers accompanied the darkness, and the dudes running heavy equipment timed their lunch break to watch it, too.

I wouldn't say it was a religious experience, and neither of us cried like the Weather Channel woman in Oregon -- but, still, it was better than I expected, and it's a damn good day to be alive.

 

I'm waiting for the conspiracy theories that this really didn't happen.

 

He is the best at anchoring unscripted on the fly. Quick with deadpan observations. Inclusive to bring in the producers and staffers. It's not all-about-me-TV with Shep but it becomes that because he's damn interesting to watch when unscripted.

 

You don't think an awful lot of people had, or will have, exactly the reaction that I did?

I guess I wasn't in a good enough spot, but really, it was nothing.

As an aside, I am already picturing all the solar-eclipse glasses that are going to be returned at my Walmart today. Last night, we had 78 phone calls in one hour from people seeking them. (We've been out of them for two weeks now).